What's in Season - February Produce Guide (2024)

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What's in Season - February Produce Guide? ›

Cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts and collard greens) as well as many root vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and onions). Citrus fruit is also in season in February (oranges, tangerines, blood oranges). Winter squashes like butternut and acorn are also in season.

Climatologists usually use full months to represent the seasons. Winter is considered December, January and February; spring is March through May; summer is June through August; and fall or autumn is September through November.

The peak of domestic apple season is in late summer/early fall, but controlled, cold storage allows for already harvested apples to stay fresh throughout the year (it's very likely your store-bought apple is a year old). Pink Lady, Braeburn, Fuji, and Gala are all good bets for February.

6) Winter (Shishir or sh*ta Ritu)

The winter season in India comes in the months of January and February. As per the Hindu calendar, this season occurs in the months of Magha and Phalguna. This season lies between pre winter and spring season.

There are so many February holidays and observances to commemorate. Of course, February is the month of Valentine's Day and the federal holiday Presidents' Day, and it's when we honor Black History Month too. This year, Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) and Ash Wednesday also fall in February.

Thus the months of March, April and May correspond to spring; the months of June, July and August to summer; the months of September, October and November to autumn and the months of December, January and February to winter.

What fruit is best in February? ›

Wax-tipped pears such as Passe Crassane (France) and Decana (Italy) also available. Other fruits for February include lychees, pomegranates and mangoes. Wild mushrooms tend to be from Portugal at this time of year. Chanterelle, girolle and Pied de Mouton are in season.

"Generally, strawberries are considered to be a 'spring' crop," says Pritts, "but new varieties now allow production to be extended throughout the summer and into the fall—even in northern climates." "Strawberries are in season from mid-May to early July in the eastern and midwestern northern states," says Dr.

Beetroot, broccoli, artichoke, cardoon, catalogna chicory, carrot, cauliflower, white cabbage, Savoy cabbage, Brussels sprout, chicory, sauerkraut, beet tops, fennel, endive, lettuce, leek, red radicchio, turnip, scorzonera, scorzobianca, spinach, Jerusalem artichoke, valerianella, pumpkin.

February marks the end of the wild duck and hare seasons. Conscientious eaters will also want to put venison, wood pigeon, rabbit and squirrel on their menus this month.

Star Anise is February's SPICE OF THE MONTH! This star-shaped spice is the dried fruit of a small Asian evergreen tree (a member of the magnolia family).